Toilet humour
type of off-colour humour dealing with defecation, urination and flatulence
Toilet humour is a type of off-colour humour dealing with: defecation (including diarrhoea and constipation), in which case it is called scatological humour (compare scatology); urination; flatulence, in which case it is called flatulence humour; or, to a lesser extent, vomiting and other bodily functions.
Toilet humour is commonly an interest of toddlers and young children, for whom cultural taboos related to acknowledgement of waste excretion still have a degree of novelty. The humour comes from the rejection of such taboos, and is a part of modern culture.
Music
Toilet humour is sometimes found in song and rhyme, particularly schoolboy songs. Examples of this are found in Mozart and scatology, and variants of the German folk schoolboys' song known as the Scheiße-Lied (English: "Shit-Song") which is indexed in the German Volksliederarchiv. A children's Spanish musical duo, Enrique y Ana, made a song called "Caca Culo Pedo Pis", which literally translates to "Poop Butt Fart Pee".
Detroit rapper Eminem famously utilises crude humour throughout his discography. His most notorious example of toilet humour was featured on the 2017 album Revival, where he raps "Your booty is heavy duty, like diarrhoea", a line which received extensive lament from critics. The Los Angeles Times comments: "If Hannibal Lecter could have recorded a rap album, this would have been it. Brilliant, sinister, scatological and a parent's nightmare."
Czech goregrind band Gutalax, along with some grindcore bands uses cloaca humour as its primary musical themes.
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